12-16-2010, 03:49 PM
well this sucks.
KTVZ
GLIDE, Ore. -- A Bend man was killed in southern Oregon when a large tree was toppled by high winds and fell on his parked van as he lay sleeping, authorities said Wednesday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said David A. Sheldon, 57, lived in Bend but worked in Glide, east of Roseburg, and sometimes slept in his van during the work week at various locations.
Deputies said the tree crushed the rear of the van when it fell sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning in a heavily wooded former wayside.
Douglas County dispatchers got a call around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, reporting a large tree had fallen across a van parked in the area. Emergency responders found Sheldon dead at the scene. He was alone in the 1995 Toyota van, officials said.
Sheldon worked for Romtec, a Roseburg-based company that makes prefabricated portable restrooms used in campgrounds, forests and the like.
Romtec President Tim Bogan said Sheldon had worked for 18 years for the firm. He said Sheldon worked in Roseburg about three days a week and had the option to work from his home at other times.
Bogan said they were devastated by the tragedy, calling Sheldon "one of the irreplaceables in the world."
KTVZ
GLIDE, Ore. -- A Bend man was killed in southern Oregon when a large tree was toppled by high winds and fell on his parked van as he lay sleeping, authorities said Wednesday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said David A. Sheldon, 57, lived in Bend but worked in Glide, east of Roseburg, and sometimes slept in his van during the work week at various locations.
Deputies said the tree crushed the rear of the van when it fell sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning in a heavily wooded former wayside.
Douglas County dispatchers got a call around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, reporting a large tree had fallen across a van parked in the area. Emergency responders found Sheldon dead at the scene. He was alone in the 1995 Toyota van, officials said.
Sheldon worked for Romtec, a Roseburg-based company that makes prefabricated portable restrooms used in campgrounds, forests and the like.
Romtec President Tim Bogan said Sheldon had worked for 18 years for the firm. He said Sheldon worked in Roseburg about three days a week and had the option to work from his home at other times.
Bogan said they were devastated by the tragedy, calling Sheldon "one of the irreplaceables in the world."